tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post116283693417846921..comments2018-03-18T03:06:13.078-07:00Comments on John K Stuff: Color and BG Painting Reference-Old Golden BooksJohnKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14033480276168015590noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-3111252319500409542011-10-26T21:18:01.267-07:002011-10-26T21:18:01.267-07:00I really like how the artist treats the two pages ...I really like how the artist treats the two pages as 1 composition divided by the gutter. A great relationship and balance of colour between the pages.<br /><br />Thanks for posting!Hobo Divinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02566738712501791800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-66816160096797014822010-03-03T17:37:37.340-08:002010-03-03T17:37:37.340-08:00When Marc Davis was gracious enough to allow me to...When Marc Davis was gracious enough to allow me to visit his house (and for dinner, yet !), I got to see many Mary Blair artworks, revealing Marc&#39;s great respect for her work (btw, Marc absolutely despised computer assisted animation !!).<br /><br />There are a few animatics (one about Beauty and the Beast) which use Mary Blair-ish (or Marcia Brown-ish) styled images and scenes, minimally kurtwilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01126470936272556396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-16116681647271574212007-01-29T23:33:00.000-08:002007-01-29T23:33:00.000-08:00Mr. K -
Thanks a ton for the great great info her...Mr. K -<br /><br />Thanks a ton for the great great info here - excellent analysis and examples. I practiced some of your color stuff (ripping off the excellent Blair work). Not there yet, but progress (and I think you might like the subject). Thanks again.<br /><br />http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourpaldave/374247943/Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05890031942828191995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-1163545122530534012006-11-14T14:58:00.000-08:002006-11-14T14:58:00.000-08:00I love the Little Red Hen, I think I still have th...I love the Little Red Hen, I think I still have that on my self of books from when I was little, along with other Golden Books, and Richard Scarry. I hear they made his books politically correct. Grrr.Andreashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03881062070615956343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-1163129200550994412006-11-09T19:26:00.000-08:002006-11-09T19:26:00.000-08:00The colors in these Golden Books are absolutely go...The colors in these Golden Books are absolutely gorgeous. I love the way they look, but it would be very hard for me to articulate WHY I love it. It would be hard for me to say what about it makes it work. You, John, have an incredibly brilliant way of putting that sort of thing into words and helping us all to understand. Thank you a thousand times. What a swell fella!Randynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-1163051821336400662006-11-08T21:57:00.000-08:002006-11-08T21:57:00.000-08:00Hi John! Would you devote a few words some day to...Hi John! Would you devote a few words some day to Surrealist Color Theory? I'm a big fan of black and white films...horror and film noir....and I kinda think the only real way to achieve the same emotional intensity of those images when you switch to color is to use heightened or exagerated colors. I'd love your opinion. Thanks.Menstrual Sharkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09417532305702536177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-1162974720769220032006-11-08T00:32:00.000-08:002006-11-08T00:32:00.000-08:00I have to get some of these books... The Mary Blai...I have to get some of these books... <BR/><BR/>The Mary Blair stuff you've posted has really opened my eyes to her skill with colour... kind of magic. And complex too, there's a lot to learn there.<BR/><BR/>There's a subtle principle that you've put over to me in the colour posts, and that's a kind of naturalness which isn't a literal copy of nature. It does take a certain sensitive frame of mindChloe Cumminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03647179583231406538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-1162948888989030472006-11-07T17:21:00.000-08:002006-11-07T17:21:00.000-08:00Some good examples of movies with great pee and po...<I>Some good examples of movies with great pee and poo colours are Avalon by Mamoru Oshii, and I</I><BR/>The monochrome sepia tone stuff in Avalon is, i think, a fairly overt homage to Tarkovsky's "Stalker"...<BR/><BR/>'Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence" has pretty amazing colours and some truely outstanding animation... great film.cemenTIMentalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07646298047636971581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-1162898628697601592006-11-07T03:23:00.000-08:002006-11-07T03:23:00.000-08:00Aren't they just beutiful!Aren't they just beutiful!Hrymahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15628749361350481466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-1162892742687067132006-11-07T01:45:00.000-08:002006-11-07T01:45:00.000-08:00My wife and I, bucking our early-20s peers, have a...My wife and I, bucking our early-20s peers, have always been avid pre-1970 children's book collectors(hoarders, rather) and now that we have a 6.5 month old daughter she's using it as an excuse to amass quite the arsenal. I've really started to study the brushstrokes of Beatrix Potter and George Herriman lately- genius!<BR/> I'm hunting for an art tutoring job now so I can corrupt the youth of willhttp://artistruth.livejournal.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-1162885689725599712006-11-06T23:48:00.000-08:002006-11-06T23:48:00.000-08:00"Complements= Subtly, harmony. Add value and you h..."Complements= Subtly, harmony. Add value and you have it."<BR/><BR/>Definitely.<BR/><BR/>I hate how some people take things said on here so litterally as if it's some simple formular with colours to avoid. <BR/>Just generally those are colours that tend to be misused with brightness and clutter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-1162880280662793022006-11-06T22:18:00.000-08:002006-11-06T22:18:00.000-08:00Lots of pink and purple in golden books. No color ...Lots of pink and purple in golden books. No color is bad. It's how they are applied/ mixed. I could do a pink and purple background you would like, I'd would just have to mix them subtly. As you know it's colors straight out of the tube that is the problem. Pure color is to hard on the eyes. Complements= Subtly, harmony. Add value and you have it.william wrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14165353437472819174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-1162870972804189302006-11-06T19:42:00.000-08:002006-11-06T19:42:00.000-08:00>what did these guys paint with, gaushe, acrylics,...>what did these guys paint with, gaushe, acrylics, cell paints, water color?<BR/><BR/>Drybrush Gauche, I read somewhere. Sponges, too.<BR/><BR/>>I also like how old books smell.<BR/>Sometimes I like to flip the pages and smell them. <BR/><BR/>I love how they FEEL! Thick and puply pages with thos great thick covers and you gotta crack the seal on the spine part! When they're new they're really Jorge Garridohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12832351250499740167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-1162869574113621752006-11-06T19:19:00.000-08:002006-11-06T19:19:00.000-08:00I really like Dick Kelseys stuff!I really like Dick Kelseys stuff!Mitch Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11645009912553755049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-1162869354414872092006-11-06T19:15:00.000-08:002006-11-06T19:15:00.000-08:00The skill that these artists had is jaw-dropping. ...The skill that these artists had is jaw-dropping. To think that all this goodness was packaged in such a small package and for kids! I feel bad for the kids today that have to read dull painted books and watch cartoons about kids spending all their time in a school(what a depressing premise). I went apeshit when I saw a bunch of these books recently for a buck a piece it was like being 6 againWicks for Candlestickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02624678299551525333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-1162866843838262902006-11-06T18:34:00.000-08:002006-11-06T18:34:00.000-08:00[I used to watch the FOX animation lineup (Simpson...[I used to watch the FOX animation lineup (Simpsons, American Dad, Family Guy) every week, but after reading your blog for a while, I find that I am no longer able to stomach looking at the garish colors, emotionless poses, non-existant acting, and so on...]<BR/><BR/>Hurray! It's working! <BR/>Congratulations, Pat Lewis. YOU HAVE REACHED THE FIRST PLATEAU!<BR/><BR/><BR/>Regarding Little Goldenmike f.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02685917448327606335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-1162866361044983772006-11-06T18:26:00.000-08:002006-11-06T18:26:00.000-08:00I've got a whole mess of these! Disney, Hanna Barb...I've got a whole mess of these! Disney, Hanna Barbera, Beany and Cecil! I love them!<BR/><BR/>I also like how old books smell.<BR/>Sometimes I like to flip the pages and smell them.Shawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11758575501655342310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-1162864045288443112006-11-06T17:47:00.000-08:002006-11-06T17:47:00.000-08:003 great illustrators! John- don't leave out the fr...3 great illustrators! John- don't leave out the freakin' amazing Gustav Tenggren out of the Golden group-write him up, too...c'mon...do it!Lizhttp://studiodubois.com/liz/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-1162862454231173392006-11-06T17:20:00.000-08:002006-11-06T17:20:00.000-08:00I grew up on the golden books so seeing all that f...I grew up on the golden books so seeing all that familar warmth makes me feel like I've drank a nice warm cup of hot chocolate by the fireplace =)<BR/><BR/>Cheesy, I'm sure, but oh man what a relief from crap like Curious George.FLAMINGPINECONEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12186174790914245538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-1162861302533205522006-11-06T17:01:00.000-08:002006-11-06T17:01:00.000-08:00Hey John. Still loving the blog and enjoying your...Hey John. Still loving the blog and enjoying your recent posts about color. Color is something I'm pretty bad at, and your ramblings have been a big help.<BR/><BR/>Actually, your posts on color helped me to identify what a piece of crap the new "Class of 3000" cartoon is. Aside from the animation being a bucket of poop, the color schemes and compositions are hideously bad. I would Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10536598896377848032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-1162861045101786282006-11-06T16:57:00.000-08:002006-11-06T16:57:00.000-08:00I don't know but that Dick Kelsey example is wonde...I don't know but that Dick Kelsey example is wonderful. Halloween doesn't always have to be lurid purple, orange and green.<BR/><BR/>The sense of autumnal atmosphere is perfect. The way he blue/grays out Donald's nephews to create the feeling of the thin, cool late afternoon light of a fall day...<BR/><BR/>The mellow pink of the sky in the pumpkin patch... with BROWN clouds... <BR/><BR/>That's Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-1162860612219663582006-11-06T16:50:00.000-08:002006-11-06T16:50:00.000-08:00How does one get in touch with you? Do you have a...How does one get in touch with you? Do you have an e-mail address or something? I have a question about your cartoon, Ren & Stimpy.latishahttp://www.rosieandlucy.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-1162858546179234972006-11-06T16:15:00.000-08:002006-11-06T16:15:00.000-08:00After looking at that Little Verses cover, the kid...After looking at that Little Verses cover, the kids playing remind me of the ones that featured of those 'in between cartoon' commercials on Ren & Stimpy- LOG, err...sugar frosted Toast-Man (tm)??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-1162858090673373092006-11-06T16:08:00.000-08:002006-11-06T16:08:00.000-08:00I don't think yer need to be strictly concerned wi...I don't think yer need to be strictly concerned with JUST animation to find influence in color schemes. Ideas come from everywhere and usually when...wait for it...your not thinking. Whenever I strained my brain for...err...'genius,' it never came. But the better part of my ideas came from fucking around with a pen and paper, crayons, whaetever man.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-1162857957779721152006-11-06T16:05:00.000-08:002006-11-06T16:05:00.000-08:00I like the 50s influence in Ren and Stimpson- gave...I like the 50s influence in Ren and Stimpson- gave it it's off the chain twisted side.<BR/><BR/>EGGG YOOOOOOOLLLLKKKIIOOOO!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com